Late to embrace online retail, Estée Lauder is launching a digital push under its new chief executive officer to reverse a ...

Leonard Lauder, a renowned philanthropist who expanded the family cosmetics business into a worldwide empire, has died at the age of 92. Estée Lauders Cos. announced the news in a release on ...

Estée Lauder, the founder of the company that shares her name, has always had a hands on approach to cosmetics. She began the company with skin care but grew it into something bigger.

In the fall of 2001, U.S. lipstick sales increased by 11%. And back during the Great Depression, cosmetics sales overall increased by 25%. Lauder was also a devoted philanthropist and art collector.